Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope,
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previously called Asian Aid.
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Child Impact
International is an organization
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fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and their communities.
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Child Impact is
committed to making a difference
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in the lives of children
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and those who are in need,
serving communities in India,
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Nepal, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Myanmar,
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and will soon
expand to other countries.
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For the last 50 years,
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Child Impact has invested
in the futures of people,
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns,
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driven by the
dedication to helping those
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who have the least.
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Child Impact is an organization
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focused on the
welfare of children,
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implementing diverse
development projects,
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and sponsoring
thousands of children.
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Their outreach spans
from child rescue operations
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to providing an
education for orphans, deaf,
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and the blind children,
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giving them a
sense of place, a home.
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But above all, Child Impact
is an organization giving hope,
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giving hope to children,
giving hope to communities,
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giving hope to the
ones who needed the most.
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This is Hope In Motion.
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At Adventist mission schools
like this one in Bangladesh,
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Child Impact International
sponsors hundreds of children.
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We often think that sponsorship
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only impacts on
the life of the child,
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but it's much wider than that.
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It impacts on the
parents and on the community.
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But more important,
it impacts on the school.
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It becomes valuable
income for the school and,
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then in turn,
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it impacts on
hundreds of other children.
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I just ask that
you would consider
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sponsoring a
child with Child Impact
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or supporting one of
its valuable projects
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that will improve education
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and Adventist mission schools
like this one right here.
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Bobbili, a small rural
town in Andhra Pradesh, India,
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has nothing to
offer to a visitor.
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Its streets, often
bustling and chaotic,
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are typical of
rural towns in India.
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Poverty is widespread,
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and people struggle to meet ends
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doing menial jobs
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and often
tending to paddy fields
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owned by landlords.
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Visits to villages around here
only amplify one's perception
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of abject poverty people
live in on a daily basis.
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But it is in this despairing
and gloomy environment,
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we often get to
see and experience
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hopefulness and optimism.
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Over the last 15 years,
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Child Impact International
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has undertaken
numerous development work
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in and around the Bobbili area.
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The Sunrise Children's Home,
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situated about ten
miles from Bobbili,
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is one such project
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that gives orphaned
and abandoned children
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an ideal place
to live and learn.
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Ten-year-old Akhil Mutaka
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and his younger brother Charan
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were orphaned
at a very early age
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and came to live at
Sunrise Home two years ago.
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Their family belongs
to a tribal community
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who live in the
mountainous region
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bordering the states of
Odissa and Andhra Pradesh
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in southeastern India.
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This is Akhil and
Charan's Auntie's house,
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they're living here...
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Actually they're
up on the mountains,
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live up on the
mountains, they came down.
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This is a very poor village.
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And this village,
no water facilities,
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no agricultural facilities.
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Total people are depending
on the forest products.
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They collect the forest products
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and they survive.
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In the
afternoon, every afternoon,
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they'll eat some porridge,
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there's no rice
or no other stuff
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to fill their stomachs.
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The night time only they'll cook
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some little bit rice
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and some
vegetables, and they'll eat.
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Every day, they eat one meal.
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The majority of
children at Sunrise Home
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come from tribal villages
and communities around Bobbili,
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and the home is well
regarded in and around Bobbili
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because of Child
Impact's development work
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among the tribal people.
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A few years ago,
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Child Impact had conducted
a vocational training program
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for young men and women
from the tribal community.
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It was during one such
project that Raj Varma,
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Field Officer of Child Impact
came across Akhil and Charan.
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In 2014,
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I came to this village for
tribal development project,
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so that time the
Child Impact International
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wants to do some
development project
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for the tribal people,
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improve their living
standards and the livelihood.
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So that time, these
ladies showed these children
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and explained their
story and requested me
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to take them to
the Sunrise orphanage.
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Raj Varma had learned
from the boys' relatives
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that their father had
fallen from a tree and had died,
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and the boys came to
live with their aunts
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who took turns
to look after them.
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When inquired about
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the whereabouts of their mother,
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Raj Varma was told that
she had died of malaria.
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Seeing their
pitiable living conditions,
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he brought Akhil and
Charan to Sunrise home.
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It was at Sunrise,
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the boys revealed the real
whereabouts of their mother.
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According to my knowledge,
when I asked the children,
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when I'm writing the story,
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Akhil, elder one, he said,
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"My mother went
away with another man."
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I felt very sad and very bad.
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Children when they grow up,
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they won't have
love towards the parents.
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When they grow
up, parents will come.
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When the mother comes,
when the children see them,
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what respect they will have.
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Parents they will
never have the respect
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because she just
left and went away.
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And immediately
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when the
children told like that,
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I felt very bad
and very sad also,
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but as a mother,
I'm giving them love.
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And they know I am the mother,
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so they love me
and I too love them.
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Now they're very happy.
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This say, "Mama, you
don't send us to home.
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We don't want to stay there."
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It is not uncommon
for a single parent
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in tribal communities
to abandon their children
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when his or her spouse dies.
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And the children's relatives
don't reveal the whole story
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because they are
ashamed of the truth
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and are unwilling to
reveal the customs and practices
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that are
prevalent in their community
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that may seem bizarre
and cruel to an outsider.
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Well, I don't
think we can understand
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the life of an orphan.
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They may not know
who their parents are
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or they may know the tragic
circumstances they come from.
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So we not only
give them an education,
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we give them a home,
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but we give them
hope, we give them a future,
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and just for a child knowing
that they've got a future,
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knowing that
they've got some way
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they can go in their life
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makes a huge difference to them.
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And we're just so excited
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that we can be a part of
making that total difference.
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If they didn't come
to Sunrise Home, today,
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they might be
somewhere, no one knows,
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no educational facilities,
no proper facilities,
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and also no food.
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Even though they
fill their stomach
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with some porridge,
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that's not a valuable food.
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Yeah, not valuable food,
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most of the
children are malnutritious.
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There is no children...
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if they didn't
come to Sunrise Home,
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by this time the children
might have been disappeared.
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Sunrise Home has
given Akhil and Charan
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a sense of
belonging, a sense of place
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that is safe and comfortable.
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A place where they don't
feel like they're orphaned
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or abandoned.
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Thanks to Akhil
and Charan's sponsors,
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Child Impact is giving
them a new life at Sunrise Home
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and giving them an opportunity
to receive a proper education.
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Really, I want to thank
Akhil and Charan's sponsors
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for playing an
important role in their lives.
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And now they're very happy here.
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I'm only the caretaker
who is taking care of them
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and molding them,
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but there are important persons
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who had given
them the good life.
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Well, when I go to Sunrise Home,
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children like Akhil and Charan
just come running towards you.
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They're just so
happy to see you.
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It's as if they have a sense
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that you are a
part of their family.
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And it's one of the most
rewarding aspects of the job
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that I have.
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And I'm very grateful
that I've had this experience
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of having children
just so happy beaming,
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and if you saw them
when they first come in
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to where they are now,
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we're not only
giving them education
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but we're making their lives.
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We literally become
a part of their family.
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And it's just so exciting.
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And I'm just so grateful
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that I can be a
part of this work
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that the donors do.
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Today, Child
Impact International
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is reaching out
to children in need.
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And for brothers
like Akhil and Charan,
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Sunrise Home is a safe haven,
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providing not
just their basic needs
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and an
opportunity for an education
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but giving them
parental love and affection,
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a chance and a hope
for a brighter future.
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Coming where I do from America,
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I knew, I've read,
I've heard the stories,
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I've seen the film clips,
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but until, until you walk...
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Until you walk on
these sidewalks of the home
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where the children are staying
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and you see what is
going on in their faces,
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you can be assured that
a good work is happening,
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that you can rest assured
that lives are being changed,
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children are being made happy.
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And it was a powerful experience
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that allayed any concerns
that I have about the value
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that I am getting
for my sponsorship.
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There's no problem.
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I just love,
love what's going on.
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Sponsoring
children in activities
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like these mission
schools and opportunities
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is a tremendous way to
help form the character
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of young people as
they look to the future,
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they will never forget
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their association in
a Christian environment.
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And by God's grace,
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many of them will become
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members of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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It is absolutely
a powerful witness
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to sponsor a
child in Child Impact
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and so many other organizations
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that help young
people to find Jesus.
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Sponsoring a child not
only has short-term effects
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but it has a long-term effect.
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Sponsoring a child is investing
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in the character of a
young person for eternity.
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We're taping this
right here in Myanmar
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at the Myanmar
Union Adventist Seminary.
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And about
one-third of the students
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or one-quarter of the students
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are being
sponsored by Child Impact.
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People who become
workers in God's church,
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people who make an
impact in the community
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have been people
who have been sponsored.
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Your sponsorship is
absolutely an investment
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in the future of the church.
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